Latest - New Zealand driver Shane van Gisbergen has completed a clean sweep at the Tasmania SuperSprint and sent an ominous warning to the rest of the Australian Supercars field that he is out for a third title in 2022.
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The Red Bull Holden ace became the first driver to win all three races at a Symmons Plains weekend since Garth Tander in 2005.
After winning race 4 earlier on Sunday, the kiwi also took home a maximum 105 points in Race 5, having set the fastest lap of the race.
For second and third, Will Davison beat home his Ford teammate Anton De Pasquale, who is now 69 points behind van Gisbergen who sits atop the Championship standings after two rounds.
It was van Gisbergen's 58th career victory, and means he now sits outright fourth on the all-time win list behind Jamie Whincup (124 wins) Craig Lowndes (110) and Mark Skaife (90).
Chaz Mostert, who entered the weekend as series leader, finished a lowly 18th and is now 145 points from van Gisbergen, having been outscored by the latter by 172 points.
The third round of the Championship will be the Melbourne 400, as part of the Australian Grand Prix on the streets of Albert Park on March 7-10.
Lawson DNF in Jeddah
A bad pit stop has resulted in a DNF for New Zealand driver Liam Lawson in the feature F2 race in Saudi Arabia.
Lawson who won the opening sprint race was forced to retire.
The 21 year old pulled to a stop at the exit of pitlane, with his front left wheel not fully fitted.
Felipe Drugovich of Brazil won the race to go top of the drivers championship.
Drugovich is on 43 points and Lawson is second on 34.
Fellow New Zealander Marcus Armstrong finished fifth in the feature race and is seventh overall.
Windies beat struggling England
West Indies clinched the Botham-Richards Trophy with an emphatic 10-wicket victory over England in the deciding test of the series on day four in Grenada.
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Chasing a token target of 28 in their second innings, West Indies reached it without loss, captain Kraigg Brathwaite hitting the winning runs to seal a 1-0 series triumph.
It was a stunning result for the home team after being outplayed in the first two drawn tests, and ensured another barren England trip to the Caribbean.
England have only one series win in the West Indies in the past half-century, a 3-0 victory in 2003-04.
With the ecstatic home fans dancing in the stands, the England players shook hands with Brathwaite and John Campbell.
Even before the England team trudged off the field in dismay, however, commentators were calling for Joe Root to step down as captain.
Although one of the world's best batters, with a test average of nearly 50, Root has rarely looked a natural leader and has earned a reputation as an unimaginative captain.
The first two tests were drawn on flat pitches in Antigua and Barbados.
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Cooper wins another Oceania title
It was six of the best for mountain bike star Anton Cooper, who claimed his sixth Oceania cross-country title in a row on the Gold Coast.
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The Trek Factory professional rode with fellow North Canterbury rider Ben Oliver for the first of six laps at the course in the Nerang National Park, used for the 2018 Commonwealth Games race.
From there the world No 9 ranked rider pushed clear in a solo display to win by 40 seconds from Australian Dan McConnell with Oliver in third a further minute back.
New Zealand under-23 champion Cameron Jones (Nelson) had an impressive debut in the elite race finishing seventh.
Jessica Manchester was the best of the New Zealand elite women finishing sixth.
It proved a successful day for talented Taupo rider Mia Cameron, who claimed the under-19 Oceania title with Christchurch rider Annabel Bligh in second, after the pair finished on the podium at the National Championships three weeks ago.
Southland's Josh Burnett was the best of the kiwis in the under-23 male race, finishing one spot off the podium.
"It has been a big couple of weeks training and so today I didn't really have great legs," Cooper said. "It was no big surprise considering the training load, but I got the job done which is the main thing. The Oceania champs is important qualifying points.
Breakers beaten in Cairns
The Breakers have suffered another close loss in the Australian NBL going down 93-90 to the Taipans in Cairns.
The bottom of the table Breakers have lost their last four games including two in overtime.
Yanni Wetzell produced another 21 points and eight rebounds for the Breakers with Ousmane Dieng producing his season high of 20 points to go with four rebounds.
Hugo Besson hit a couple more threes on his way to 16 points and six assists with Peyton Siva contributing 13 points and three assists while only playing 20 minutes with foul trouble. Tom Abercrombie also had nine points, four rebounds and three assists.
Breakers coach Dan Shamir took positives again from the performance of his team, but ultimately their defence wasn't quite good enough.
"We came into this game after a very tough loss that was devastating, and made the effort and executed pretty well. We played against a lot of switching defence today that kind of gets you a little bit stagnant, but we did the move the ball and did get a lot of good looks," Shamir said.
The two teams meet againt next Wednesday.
Martin to donate title
German cyclist Tony Martin will auction his silver medal from the 2012 London Olympics to raise money for children affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
After more than four weeks of fighting, the conflict has killed thousands of people, sent nearly 3.8 million abroad and driven more than half of Ukraine's children from their homes, according to the United Nations.
Russia calls its actions a "special military operation".
"Everyday I see the terrible pictures from Ukraine in tv and it feels so wrong to sit on the couch and accept this situation," Martin wrote on Instagram. "I also want to do my small part and help.
"It's not easy to separate me from the biggest trophy I could win in my career but considering the fact that millions of people lost almost everything, it is something I really want to do."
Martin, 36, won four individual time trial titles at the world championships in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016, and five Tour de France stages. He retired from the sport last year.
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